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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

One of the most singular features in Ihe
scenery of the tewtoroi liaH0 sthoocm
renee of dark. rocky eaasu-. info which largo
streams and creeks suddenly disappear. and
are never mofe seen Theses H.uIas explains
Golden Days. ara old la1a channels. produvd
by the outside of tlem0ltan nr- cooling and
forming Tube. winch. ON tHe i.rF stream
becoming exhausted. - beau Dn mpy
while the root ot thc lava du.f, having az
some point fallen in presents taore tne opcn
ing into which tne river rIuuse ani is lo5t
40 one place along the bauks 0f the Snake.
one of these rivers reapresr gushing from "a
cleft high up loo the bassltc STALLS. where 81
LEAPS "A cataract into the torrent below
Where this stream has its origin. or at SO hat
point 10 is swallowed mp is utterly unknown,
though 10 is believed chat Dos SOURCES ara "A
long wly up in the north country
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

birth lle was
naturalized TWEEN
ty-tWO Years ago,
however. and has
long been an al
dcrnau, was at
onetinc sheriff Of
London and Mid
dc scX, and has
filed other Offices
OF trust and
honor.
His name Is
pOlydore dc Key
SER, and he is Well
known To many
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,innntnin. Of the West.

The Sierra Nevada range might be called
a continuation of the Cascade mountains,
but those are of volcanic origin, and the
Sierra Ncvada- are granite, though traces
Of volcanic action are often found on the
nanks and base. II commences at Mount
Shasta n. 400 feet high and runs in "a
sOutherIy direction 70 Tcjon Pass, where
it joins the Coast range not far from
Mount Whitney. The highest mountain IN
the United States south OF Alaska There
are but few passes over these mountains.
and the Pacific sl0pe is very steep. the
Central Pacific road descending $500 feet
IN eighty milos.-Br0Oklyn Eagle
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

There are three main piers to this bridge
the Fife pier the Inch CARVE pier and
Quecusbcrry pier and upon each az these
are built huge cantileycrs stretching both
ways The Fife pier was built by means
Of dams, but the other piers bad 10 be
built by aid Of wrought iron caissons.
which resemble huge buckets someseycnty
feet in diameter and dfty go sixty feet
high Everything except the rolling Of
the steel PLATES is done on The spot. and
the curiucs which are used, steam ana
hydraulic. are numbered by the hundred.
The bridge crosses the Forth at point
where 30 begins 10 widen rapidly into tie
great firth or isthmus, thence the firth
extend, nf'y miles To the sen, attaining g.
breadth Of fifteen miles. The Fouhisthe
third jon size of the rivers ol Scotland. 100
miles m length and noted for curious
bend, and links. which form beautiful
pcninsulas. The most remarkable series
of these is called the "liuks OF Forth, 20
between Allon ana Stirling. ihe distance
i'm q straight line being six miles. while
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
LOCATION or GERMANY'S TROUBLE
IN THE CORAL ISLANDS.
General Description of the Natives, Then
Customs and Costumes-Picture of Apia.
the Capital. and the King and His
Orator-Map of the Islands.

system by selling on whatever valuable
islands England has neglected
Having settled his recent misunder-
standing with France stood off The Rus
slams for the present. compromised with
the pope and enlarged the regular army,
Bismarck has leisure 10 prosecute his long
cherished design Of getting possession
Of the samoan Islands The latest news
from those islands 81 the blest and lazy
lby the monthly steamer tO San Francisco,
which left Samoa Sept ~ is that King
MaictOa and all his loyal chiefs and war
riors are i'm the mountainous interior, in
hostile camps, while a rebel Chief holds
the coast and capital supported by the
German fleet and directed by the German
consul Unless other nations interfere
we may expect to learn early IN 1888,
that all Samoa is a German in.ular prov
ince SD the history and statistics of the
island are well worth looking into
Samoa. better known as the Nayigators
Islands consists of a groupof nine islands
in the South Pacific ocean. ON latitude l3
deg- and ~ degs south and stretching
from 1859 dcgs 10 l13 degs west longitude
The nine inhabited islands contain but
1.12j square miles and scarcely $4,000
native inhabitants; but the level lands
are of great fertility. the harbors are COM
modiOus and the climate delightul-sO
there is room for a vast Development
And as the best harbor is ON the direct
route from san Francisco t0 Australia
the English and Americans think they
have some rights in the settlement of
ownership. Apia, the capital. shown
in the initial letter cut at the
head of this article is situated ON
this harbor and has n native population Of
200 or 300. with about 100 white foreign
ers; there all the consuls reside. and there
the king ard bis officers generally lived
till the Germans chased them into the
mountains. There are extensive mission
airy establishments on the Islands. ami
most Of the business Is done by German
firms. with headquarters in Hamburg
The mercury rarely rises above =,
dogs. and never falls below -
degs the usual range for the year
is but Is degs. The soil is enriched
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ployed, and with
one accord they
decided that the
cause Of their
misery was "Chi-
nese cheap labor. ="
So Dennis Kear-
ney, the Rev Kali
loch and others
organized a labor
ers' party, which
held the balance
of power. got con
troll Of the state
constitutional
ogu varffpu and
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KEARNEY AND WONG.
Sand Lot Orator and Civilized Pagan
Mrrf in New York.

Dennis Kearney has bobbed up again,
but not at all serenely. Ten or a dozen
years ago he was the great notabili-y oil
the Pacific coast, the orator OF the sand
lots, the drayman turned statesman. His
speeches were quoted and laughed at all
over the country, and his constant refer
ence TO the "lecherOus bondholders' The
pronounced it leecherous and after
ward explained that it meant like a
leechrD became a national bywOrd.
And yet this rude. uucouth man was a
power. For there was discomfort in San
Francisco and many thousands OF unem-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

LOnd0n's new lord mayor Is the first
Catholic who has ever held that position.
But he is a Freemason, and most Catho-
lie, will tell Jon that the two are quite
Incompatible He will be sworn in Nov
8. Perhaps a- strange Il fact as bis reli-
gion is bis nationality; for the new lord
mayor Of The great ENGLISH capital is not
an Enelishmau 40 an, but a Belgian by
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:. ga "a ~o4.
~ 4aSS ~ '<tD,
o'sA ..,. ~.-o. ','t


10 have been done 10 German trad
crs. There was another protest,
and Bismarck disay0wed the c0nsul's ac-
ton Again IN January, 1856. the Sa-
moan hag was hauled down 10y some Ger
man sailors and no reparauOn made. a
German fleet of four ships arrived in May,
bur the feeling was TOO hostile 20 admit OF
fricnll- intercourse with the king. who
applied % SIR Greenebmm the American
consul The latter, with the fuli appro-
val of all other consuls and all foreign
residents except the Germans hoisted the
American lag over the Samoan and as
sumed a temporary proteciomte. As soon
as our government could confer With
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

case of Wong
The story of ms
exposure is not o
pretty one and so
we Will NOT repeat
10. Wong had 20
leave Rochester,
however and he
shortly thereafter
announced him
self d pagan
again Tie didn't
mention his R0ch-
ester experience
in his recent arfi
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

Their Money Wei.
Industrial experiments are "an the
rage The thinking class Of men are
everywhere taxing deep interest IN the
question: How shall the labOrcr get a
larger share Of what he produces and at
the same iime increase production so that
capital may realize fair prOhr At lrst
this general movement took the form OF
cooperation in buying and selling, and the
success of the Rochedale experiment in
England has created scores OF limitations.
Next there was an attempt at cO-opera-
ton in production; but few successes were
secured For some years past the move
ment has been towards cooperation in
living and training the young in skilled
labor For the former we have the ia
mlistere in Belgium the "Social palace"
at Guse, in France; Saltaire, as set up by
Sir Titus salt in England; the town Of
Pullman, near Chicago, aud Nineland,
N. j.; while in the latter line We find in
dustrial and training schools All over the
country. Some extremely interesting eX-
periments have recently been made in the
eouth, where the eXperimenters have the
great advantage OF clear field. the
negroes had not developed any system Of
skilled industry, and their docility made
them splendid 'raw material so 10
speak. for benevolent enterprises. Among
many successful establishments Of this
kind we will only mention The Industrial
college at Orangeburg. :. c.. where col
ored men learn many different trades and
colored girls are made skillful seam
stresses and housekeepers, while both
sexes are educated in books; and all this
by cooperation and good management at
surprisingly small cost-for less than
the cost Of years board at any school in
the north
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
MAZDA MuLocX
Recent Death 81 the Author of John
Halifax. Gentleman

Halifax. Gentleman
Many thousand Americans Will feel that
I'm the death of Dnah Maria Mulock Craik
they have lost % personal friend; for in
her writings there was 90 strange and
subtle charm that irresistibly gave the
reader personal interest in thc writer
Though her novels were not developed ON
n.e basis of amy deep piol. and though
the ~Nle often seemed ch.llsuly simple,
yet they reused an interest hard 90 de-
scribe. One f-lt % consciousness that the
writer was struggling AGAINST sorrow. and
through her BEST known works there runs
20 vein of sadness. Hers was. ln fact. "a
rather sad life. but She bore zap against
many mIsfortune- with "a spirit of heroic
fUtude
Onah Maria Mulock, born az Stoke
w0u-rrert. m Stau0rdshire England, in
1896 WIS the daughter OF clergyman of
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adopted n constitution which all the capt.
falists of the state denounced as commune
istic. They also had influence enough TO
get congress 10 pass the bill shutting out
Chinese immigrants. and by that time
Kcarney had got a good Office and made
some money and was living easy. Now
he has issued from his retirement with an
address, which be has delivered several
times I'm the east. charging that the anti
Chinese immigrant law is not enforced,
and demanding the passage of the strin-
gent measure introduced by Senator
Mitchell
Wong Chin Foo the Chinaman who had
20 pay a dutyof $50 on going into Canada
the other day. has met Kearncy and has
repeatedly challenged him 10 a public de-
bate, which the latter has contemp'uou,ly
refused They came face 10 face theother
day. however, i'm The New York World
editorial room, were introduced and had
a very heated discussion. almost coming
10 blows. Wong Chin Foo is a remark
allie character a Chinaman Of high rank,
he is thoroughly Americanized Though he
has lapsei into paganism. was naiurai-
lied many years ago, is master Of Eng
lish. contributor 10 various American
periodicals and was editor of The Chi
nese American, which died for want
Of patronage When Wong first came
10 America ne was Christian and he
quickly captivated high and low in
Rochester, y. Y, where be settled, made
speeches I'm religious meetings, and was
quite the lion Of the hour 1t was even
given out that me purposed entering the
pulpit But Bret Harte's conviction that
For ways that are dark
Aud tricks that are vain
The heather ChInee Is peculiar,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
q BIG BRIDGE
The Huge structure that !, Being Buii
over tho Forth.

Three thousand five hundred men are
now working daily on one of the largest
bridges ever built over the Firth of Forth
in Scotland II is Of the cantilever type,
which is familiar in this country IN the
bridges 40 Niagara and ST. Johns, y. b.
The construction of cantilever bridges in
Great Britain is comparatively recent, the
Americans having taken hold of the prin-
chile first
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

that BY river is
twelve. Tn G
Forth is formed
by the confluence
of the Duchray
and Dhu On the
northeast slope Of
the noted noun
tain Ben l.onOnd
Thence east and
southeast to the
sea the river flows
10 miles. though
the distance in a
straight line Is
bat ninety miles.
The tide sets up
seventy miles 10
Stirling. Through
all it's upper
course the stream
flows through
scenes Of gran
deur AM beauty,
and as 10 widens
towards the sea
it is of great com
mercia import
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ance. being naVl- VUtLN7"I-IlHf FIHI'-
gable for steamers Of 800 tons TO the end Of
the firth and some distance above for
smaller steamers kncardine is an im-
portant town at the head OF the firth,
which is hordered On the north ly the
counties of Clackmannan and Fife and
on the south by those OF LnhthgOw
Edinbursl and Haddington
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30

hlNl Nt ltAi. 'f Hi.H. HNNNl.
10 was amid these humble huf n.otumqua
surroundings that the future general ant
president of the United States lived with his
parents i'm ohscurity and comparative pow
atY. never dreaming of Che honor tht
awaited his later lfe
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
THE BUSY BEE WHO SINGS AS ne
WORKS AND NEVER GETS LAZY.

4 sparrow's Flying Visit TO the Dean -
Canterbury's studs--The Bnthpiace Of
Gen. 4. = Grant ON the Banks Of the
Ohio.
The modest house depicted in tho accom-
panying illustration represents the homo
where Gen. Grant was born, and lu which
he spent the early years of Dis ife 10 is in
the village of Point Pleasant. Ohio. ON The
bank of the Ohio river about twenty-five
miles above the "Queen City ol the West
Cincinnati.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
TWO NEW SCHOOLS.
CLARK UNIVERSITY AND PRATT'S
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

The Corner stone of the Former Recently
Iaid-The Latter just About Ready for
occupanc,-Two Rich Men Who Use
Their Money Well
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For W0T1 fHlT lI0 IHTh
Aud tricks that are vail

was never better Illustrated than in The
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-24

TIE JURY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AT
TREBuTKD 10 TEE AMAncEzgTs.
NEw YoRK, Nov. S3.-sh0rtly after
noon teday twelve men had bean se-
cured who were satisfactory to both
sides and the Jury 70 Try johanna Most
was sworn.
Assistants District Attorney NIcoll,
opened the case for The people.
Tue language that the prosecution
will endeavog 20 prove that Most haH
used II this: Every person who Waa
concerned tn that tragedy 1.-The hang
ING Of the Chicago anarchistsl, frosa
the beginning 10 the end, is marked for
destruction. The revolution "a a.
hand! A voice here cried, "Why NOS
begin tonight p Again / say arm
Yourselves for toe revelation Our
arm is the bomb; it isntRopgeF than The
Calling gun or other weapons; Il kills
fifty at onoe. 0rinnell shall be The
hfst, then comes the Jury, the judges OF
the supreme ocnrt Of Illinois and The
judges Of the United States supreme
court, and let not 0alssby think that
he win escape because be oommated
two of them.n
Eicolls told The Jury that The CLAUSE Of
the penal code under whloh the indict-
ment vas brought, provided that any
assembly OF three or more persons, a
which vas threatened any unlawsul act,
was an unlawful assembly, end he par
ticipants we're guilty Of misdemeanoFA
Nicoll said that his Witnesses we're
three detsCtives aud Q feportez, al Of
whom understood German and made
notes Of the meeting.
Colonel Fellows win sun up the casl
for the pFoseoaGion.
Dsteetivs Roth vas the hFst witness
called, and he vas followed BY Deteo'
tive SAKE.
The cEoss- examination of saxe va
beuun b. Mr.. Howe. An effort va
different testimony before the grand
Jury. TIE witness had not given III
account Of the meeting % full 10 thl
arand Jury as at the trial. and he ad
mitted having made Q mistake befoEl
the grand jury In saying that Most Pc
gan his speech With the words "EMeN
slaVee.n The words used By Nest werl
"BFuasr anarchists." he thoaeht Mos
bad used she English pinKal 10 anareh
ist and not the German.
simon DfyfuA, Q reporter, e0ffooof
aied ths o9her Witnesses, and said s1b
stAntially thek man had sat next bin
as the meeting. who jumped up esyine
@Why nos today. we're readyfs
Most eoncluoed By sayings II al
an anarchis1. Riss anaFohyi Lon
may % IiveF
He thought Il time 10 get out, vhici
| be aid. be did not take notes. beeausI
be did not want 20 be carried cut dead
| The witness did nss suffer much unde
l the cFoss-examtnstiou. The Slate rsst
Cd its case and the eonFt adioarned.
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RAGING FOREST FIRES.
arenf Destrnefian An the
MEssissEppi valley.
n Dsn.s snsks. Alns.s s.s.susi.r-
cssaas. csrn. Rsssss Fs.ss.. nna
sanal.p n s~sVs Aw.s.

MzMRMrR nann.. Nov. 1a-The nav
nGes q the fnzest Hrsa ahs1 no ehaie
Uenf IN tia sessiun. ID hKkan1er.
naaE the Des AEo ranRa On boaa ugai.
re and b tks holtona sVeFythlnr -
been coUpletely destroyed duFinQ 1he
pass I'm Gays. and The auaha haa henr
- deuse that Il has for several Avs
ooasured the Eun. Iha town Waa. nrsd
= pzaGttealiy % nou. surssunde1 -
forrest nEsas end egeEyboey fees nresf
unaa1inaaa. In fhe neinhhnRhoa1 n
Okolana. ARK. tha fosesl ares -
nueepinE tho mounaaina, vaIieEa erd
osss1ms allee dsairsying fenses and
Aapseial fran LmlA. Miss., nsss. Fae.
en1 Mrea hava heGn EaQinn thF1nphomf
Ne Yanae Dslia fof Tks neSf - fsrr'
caFryina great dessrnpSion in fSeir
w1k1s Ihero has been great las1 sp
y 2ome instances gln houses and hAFns
have been destroyed. The rresaess
damage, however, has hsan q The DIN
oes. ms magninosna cypress hEakas 10
many instances we're almoae dennaed,
entailing l1s1 On the ouners Of mary
tn01aands of dullafz. The smoke has
- s1tc41e 411t tu9 p10rto nave
sHhexed beyond endnranos. So Rlsaf
ana % dense has been the smoks that
ne cotton IN The Aeid has been turned
70 8 yelleWiab east and Il "a almost I'm
possible 10 have washing done.
Tbs names Ia the Nafahes bottom.
fanned By TIE prevailing winds, have
carried devastation hafaPe them.
1hgusa11B Of acres Of forest have hsen
destroyed, and the switch cane has been
utterly consumed 10 The valleys Of the
hatehls EivnE. Cane has been The chief
4epsndenoe for the winkaR forage for
Ne cattlA and 4 has besn eifesSnaIlg
des.knEed. and the cid settlers nay &
WI he ten yeaE1 before fs can be re-
neued. Ioniaht q general rain is fan
inR. it Beems general. and may nav
the ravagss Of the flres
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THE PzauKa ADDaEssKa ran oozsnnsA-
xKvzB AT OXFORD.

THE Pn1EIE1 ADDRESSES 1Hn OoNanBEA-
zKvzB AT OXFORD.
LoHDoz, Nov. 8.-In 9 speech AZ 9
messing Of the Nati0nal anion Of Con-
0eEVativee nt Oxford today. Lord Sails.
bury sald thas be saw II She success Of
Ne oonierence The happieai auRury for
the fnture. Information from SCOT
land showed that the calm ssnss Of the
scotch would not sanction any scheme
endanRering the interests Of the empire.
he aoknowledaed Tie generous and IN.
sttnted help or the Liberal unioniafs
and declared that 50 long a. their sap
poEt Was assured the country would
rest IN peace, free from the assault of
the party Of disoedsE.
Al the evening oonfsrouoe Lord Sails
bury said be would not renew discua-
sion OF the question whether home rule
wsuid Be established or not. IL would
pass NE Wit Of man 10 pRoduee q home
rule scheme which would be pleasing 20
both TFevellyan aud Davilt. The
coming session Of parliament would be
devoted TO measures that would satisfy
the pressing wants Of England. He
did not Intend until there vas 9 mania'
fest change n Ireland. 10 propose In
creased powers OF the local government
there.
Ths government members we're pre-
pared 10 face the obstruction. The
present system Of procedure vas not
enough. Drastic reforms we're required
10 prevent the want0n waste Of public
time. We hoped that the effect Of these
Measures would be the restoration OF
the character Of usefulness Of the
house.
The queusiou.cf the regulation Of ths
liquor traffic would have q foremost
plaos IN the Ioaal government bill. BE
was In favor OF liberty 10 that trafElo ne
far aa was consistent With eccizl order.
He vas strongly oppoged to church dis
estab blishmene, bat admitted that the
we're bound 10 reform the
ohasch By removing whatever evils were
proved 70 exist. He promised . mtas-
ure for the removal Of The tithe charges
from tbs land. The stats Of agricul
ture VS. depiorabls. Whatever pesz-
uFes Of relief might obtain general con
sent, would receive the readiast con-
sideraii0n OF the government.
Referring 10 the Trafalgar square
tF0uble, be said be regarded the meet
ines there as iaWless demonstrations
They vere the most natural results Of
Gladstone's worda IGladstone could not
preach 10 an Irish mob 70 defy the Law
without having his advice applied IN
England as well. The governments
we're determined at ell costs 20 main
the supremacy Of the Law. He could
not understand what it was that excited
the sympathy q the EnRlish nbsFais
In the case Of Wm. OBrien, who had
broken the lsw and inoissd oihsrs 70
Iawieasne1s.
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PszzzDnR oazsx vrxaEEx sAxs IN wun
mxaraN.

PkElzDEzz GRESx ENkLLx sAxs m VIII
Pam, Nov. 2S.-Ths commission In
vesfigefing The Wilsnn scandal has re-
solved 70 keep secret al The important
evidences given hy The two Witnesses ~.
amined yesterday.
Pfesidsnt 0rsvy today informed
Marett, radical member Of the chamber
OF depatiea for depaEtment Seine. thae
be bad decided 10 resign.
u is reported that n. Robot member
Of the chamber Of deputies for the de-
pastmant Of Pas Deealais, viii form q
neW eAblnet, amonQ the members OF
which viii be G0bIat and Dexes.
1he yeazaai De- Dsbafs adVosAtes the
eWAillnR Of the result Of President
Crews efoEta 10 form Q eabinsf bat he
says q II impossible not 10 zee the nravf-
" presented By The prolonged uneeF-
tstnty wht1h oilers the chance foF sho
creation Of Dictatorship.
Et 10 stated that dnFing bis intsrriew
with Marelt 10 day Psesident Grsyv
vas greatly affected and pleaded pise-
ouslT foE time. NaFett was ohduFate and
told him thae 10 uaa bis duty 70 resian
not later than SATURDAY..
IL is reported that Gresy wetked af
bts message up 70 late hour 70 night.
Olemenneau. 6Fansi, LockFoy, Ro0he
fort and others held conaalssti0n 20
night regarding Crews SUCCESSOR. ID
q rumoEed that al military candidates
gers refoofod,